🇺🇸⚡️- Melat Kiros says that DSA members of Congress should not support Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House if Democrats win the midterms.

Hakeem Jeffries has praised DSA members after their victories despite their nonstop threats against him.

🇺🇸🗽⚡️- New York City Mayors office has released budget documents forecasting another $6.5 billion deficit next year. it is likely Mayor Mamdani will request another bailout from NY Governor Hochul.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- Over the course of the four-year-long Russian invasion of Ukraine, over 1.4 million Russians have been killed or wounded in the attempt to seize Ukraine, with around 125,000 to 150,000 Ukrainians reported dead and around 525,000 to 625,000 casualties, per the NYT.

🇸🇩 - Insane footage: Amid a growing Rapid Support Forces build-up around El-Obeid in North Kordofan, Sudan, an RSF fighter recorded himself outside the city moments before a Sudanese drone strike hit his technical, very likely killing all those on board.

🇾🇪⚡- Yemeni media is speculating that Ansarullah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi may deliver a major and potentially unexpected address tomorrow, as tensions across the country continue to rise.

Both Ansarullah forces and Saudi-backed Yemeni factions are currently engaged in large-scale mobilization, with repeated clashes reported over the past two weeks across two fronts—Ad Dali and al-Hodeidah.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israel is carrying out demolition works in the town of Beit Yahoun, Bint Jbeil direction, southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸⚡️- University of Tennessee has awarded former Professor Tamar Shirinian a $1.9 million settlement after the University fired her for celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination.

She is the latest leftist to be awarded huge sums of money from a former employer for being fired in the wake of Kirk's killing.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Jewish Democrat Jake Auchincloss calls for censorship on social media to fight against antisemitism.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "On July 1 at 3:30 a.m. ET, the aircrew of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea. There is no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action. Three of the helicopter’s four crew members have been recovered and are in stable condition aboard George H. W. Bush. U.S. Navy assets in the region are currently searching for other aircrewman still missing. The cause of incident is under investigation." - U.S. 5th Fleet.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇸🇦⚡️- "Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, and senior military officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen discussed the current regional security environment and opportunities for enhancing defense collaboration across the region. Leaders underscored their shared commitment to the free flow of commerce through the Strait of Hormuz.

'We continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with our regional partners, The discussions underscored our shared commitment to regional security and stability.'" - US Central Command.

🇵🇱🇺🇦⚡️- The Polish Defence Minister says they will no longer be transferring the MIG-29's to Ukraine, as previously announced by the Polish President, after Ukraine declined to share its drone production technology in return.

"I proposed what I believe was a very partnership-based approach. MiGs in exchange for drones. The Ukrainians initially agreed but did not fulfil the arrangement, therefore there will be no MiGs for Ukraine" - Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Polish Defence Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The Lebanese Ministry of Health says that there have been 4,297 killed and 12,196 injured in IDF attacks since March 2.

🇻🇪⚡️- The death toll from the earthquakes in Venezuela has been updated to 2,295 dead, and 11,267 injured, and nearly 50,000 people are still unaccounted for 9 days after the earthquakes first hit.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- The Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine, reports that last night Russia conducted its largest attack on the city during the war, with at least 86 injured, 13 people killed, and attacks in all districts of the city.

The Ukrainian Air Force reports that Russia used 74 missiles and 496 drones last night against Ukraine.

🇻🇦⚡️- BREAKING: The Vatican has excommunicated six priests from the Society of Saint Pius X.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a decree, declares the SSPX to be in a situation of schism.

🇾🇪⚡- Ahmed Al-Shami, Ansarullah's Deputy Minister of Information, denies reports of de-escalation talks between Ansarullah and the (Saudi-backed) Homeland Shield Forces.

🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Assad al-Shaibani, Syrian Foreign Minister, visited Beirut to meet Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. Al-Shaibani assured the Lebanese that Damascus has no intention of invading Lebanon, or combating Hezbollah on Lebanese territory.